"We have very high standards"
Yeah, nothing less than 1080i.
htpp://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion- post/news/8799082/up-your skirt voyuer-a-jehovah-witness.. .
it's all over the news down here.. .
karter..
"We have very high standards"
Yeah, nothing less than 1080i.
so i signed up to volunteer at a local urban community center- first time i've ever volunteered for a non-jw effort.
i thought i would end up cleaning, organizing, something like that, but the first thing they wanted us to do was go door to door in the neighborhood handing out flyers!
face palm...
Yeah, clearly the Lord has a plan for you; it's just not one you're going to be thrilled with. SUBMIT!
if they are going to try to guess what jesus should look like why don't they or haven't they created artwork that they would use to consistently show him as the same guy.
this one is from sept wt.
You want he should look like a Jew?
OK, he looks like a Jew now!
i am feeling gulity because i will not be going to the summer convention.
i just can not sit through the talks they are sooo boring.
im cutting off all contact with the witnesses.
You have to fill that time with something of value to you, you shouldn't leave that time empty.
TIME heals, in large doses.
so my family has obviously been noticing over the past several months that i've been missing meetings and fs.
i've had excuses sometimes, but not others, so my parents are definitely getting that this is more than a long bout of illnesses or fatigue.
i just received an email invitation to join them in service this weekend.
Tell them you will be there and then don't show up.
That will show them how much control over you they have.
If pressed for an excuse, just say "something came up, sorry" and let it go at that.
i left the jws and went to a baptist church which was far better than anything i'd known before having been born into the dangerous cult of the watchtower corporation.. having travelled a path of spirituallity i have concluded that there is no god evident to me.
evolution?
i have no idea...i just live my life knowing that when i die there is nothing after it.
You are forgiven. Go your way, and believe no more.
to answer some of your questions.
i phone my son on thursday and was able to help him get his paper work in order for, get this: "college".
we're good.. the wife and i have about 10 family members that are jw's as well as over 12 close friends, 100's of friends in 5 states.
ShirleyW: HELLO!
You said, "... we had a Circuit Servant, Bro., Wiegel, in the early 70's..."
Shirley, my dear, YOU are the first person other then I who has mentioned good ol' pain-in-the-ass "Weasel Weigel"!!! It it SUCH a pleasure to find even one person with whom I shared a fleeting bit of reality!
Weasel was widely disliked, so it figures he has moved up the ranks in the JW pantheon. Do you recall the really nice CS who followed Weasel. He was Paul "somebody" - I can't think oh his name right now - I'll call the White House and ask what I was thinking... Haviland! Yes, I think he was Paul Haviland! A really NICE guy, obviously not Watchtower mgmt material...
"without god in your life, you cannot have a moral compass",,,, please explain to me why you think that should be so?
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I'm an atheist. I have no fear of judgemnt day.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" says NOTHING about god.
If god-based morality is superior, why is it so ineffective?
The phrase "having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power" is an indictment of the majority of "god-fearing" people of the world.
I agree with Ayn Rand that informed self-interest is a perfect foundation for morality.
congratulations to justitia themis on all her hard work at putting herself through law school.
after being raised in the watchtower organization and having survived all of what that entails she has picked up the pieces, analyzed her strengths and has made choices to better herself and the community.. .
i am so proud of her.
Congratulations Justitia! This is an excellent accomplishment!
first of all thanks for all the kind words!!!
i am over whelmed by the responses.
i work very hard through the week and the only time i can reply is in the early morning hours, i read the respones on my iphone through out the day, if there was a way to log on with the phone, i would.
an alternative definition of BORG = Brooklyn Organization.
add'l defs:
Dub = the ultimate contraction of "Jay Double U" (JW)
When you pray to "Jehovah" and "Jesus," what do you imagine is happening? Do you think real entities are hearing you, or do you realize that you are talking to yourself?